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CFA Action Gallery

CFA holds or participates with allies and friends in rallies, demonstrations, hearings, teach-ins and other educational actions to promote affordable, accessible and high-quality education for all Californians.

This page contains pictures, videos, newsclips and reports from these actions.

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#325Million Action Gallery

On Thursday, May 11, faculty, students, and community allies came together in the Capitol rotunda to sing a message to Gov. Jerry Brown: The CSU needs $325 million in additional funding for the 2017-18 year. 

Inspired by the song “Seasons of Love” from the musical “RENT,” the activists participated in a flash-mob style action and serenaded the governor as he exited his press conference that morning. 

Click here to view the action. 

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2017 May Day Action

CFA marched for immigrant & worker rights.

See more photos on the Facebook page of Students for Quality Education

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CFA joins March for Science
Faculty, students participate throughout the state

Faculty and students were among thousands protesting ‘alternative facts’ and marching in the name of footnotes and peer review during March for Science actions throughout California on Saturday, April 22, 2017.

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Proud To Be CFA! Week
Celebration, Information, Organization—We are the Union

CFA members celebrated, informed and organized April 17-21 to strengthen our union. #ProudToBeCFA

Bottom Line: Join CFA. Ask colleagues to Join CFA.

Download your Proud To Be CFA! logo to put on your door.

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CFA Lobby Days
Spring 2017

Faculty and students converged on CFA Headquarters and the Capitol to meet with lawmakers and urge them to increase state funding for the CSU and support key legislation during CFA Lobby Days April 4-5. 

The two-day event also included a reception honoring Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and Senator Ricardo Lara for their work to protect access to quality public higher education in California.

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Faculty to lawmakers: Ethnic Studies programs are struggling, need investment

More than 80 faculty, students, lawmakers and legislative staff crowded a hearing in the Capitol March 23 to hear an update on Black and Ethnic Studies within the CSU, UC and community college systems.

The goal of the hearing, said Assemblymember Dr. Shirley Weber, was to ensure the departments and programs are continuing to thrive.

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Students to CSU Trustees: The more we pay, the longer we stay
March 2017

Hundreds of students converged on the CSU Trustees meeting in Long Beach Wednesday to protest the proposed tuition increase. 

Members of Students for Quality Education (SQE) and faculty were at the Chancellor’s Office before dawn on Wednesday morning, talking to reporters and greeting Trustees with chanting and signs, urging them to reject the fee increase.

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CFA 85th Assembly
San Diego, Spring 2017

CFA activists and leaders met in San Diego to elect new officers, pass resolutions, hold council meetings, and learn more about the union’s efforts during our 85th Assembly March 10-11 in San Diego.

For more photos, check out the #CFAProud photo gallery.

CFA Forum: Equity and CA public higher ed
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CFA Forum: Equity and CA public higher ed

On February 23, CFA hosted a forum at the State Capitol to brief legislators and their staffs about the lack of investment in the CSU, and its impact on our students and system.

Assemblymembers and CFA activists, along with SEIU and national experts, participated in the panel discussion. The following are highlights from that discussion.

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Students Protest plan to hike Tuition, March 1, 2017

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Forum: Equity in California Higher Education

CFA hosted a forum, “Equity in California Higher Education: Where We Were, Where We Are, and a Pathway to Free Higher Education,” on Feb. 23, 2017. 

The forum included a panel discussion on trends within the California State University and the impact on students and Californians.

Panelists included: 

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Speak Truth to Power
2017 Photo Gallery

Faculty and students are speaking out on a myriad of issues impacting higher education, as well as policy decisions that carry implications for higher education and the entire nation. 

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Election 2016 Gallery
Faculty, students take action for CFA-endorsed candidates, propositions

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#Hour4Power Photo Gallery
Faculty phone bank for Proposition 55

CFA members have been dedicating hundreds of hours to phone banking colleagues and voters in support of Proposition 55. 

Phone banking also was an integral part of CFA’s 84th Assembly Oct. 14-15 in Millbrae.

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CFA’s 84th Assembly

Faculty came together Oct. 14-15 for CFA’s 84th Assembly, where they learned more about our bargaining survey, academic freedom, CSU funding mechanisms, and electoral work. 

The Assembly also included a visit from San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim, CFA’s endorsed candidate for State Senate District 11.

Dozens of faculty at Cal State Bakersfield came to hear more about bargaining during a campus meeting Wednesday, Sept. 28.
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Fall 2016 Bargaining Meetings

Campus bargaining meetings are being held throughout the state this fall as a way to connect with CFA members on important issues, including getting feedback and ideas for the next round of faculty contract negotiations. 

CFA returns to the bargaining table with CSU management in Summer 2017.

Faculty and staff from CFA's Sacramento and Chico chapters get ready to precinct walk.
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Yes on Prop 55!
CFA's Day of Action

On Saturday, Sept. 10, CFA activists and staff called fellow members and walked precincts to encourage voters to pass Prop 55, which would provide an estimated $8 billion to $11 billion in K-14 funding. 

Click here to sign up to take political action with your chapter today!

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CFA at COCAL

CFA activists and leaders headed north this summer to share strategies for improving higher education for contingent faculty in the US, Mexico and Canada.

The 12th biennial conference, hosted by the Coalition of Contingent Academic Labor (COCAL), focused on “Empowering Precarious Academic Workers in Perilous Times.”

CFA delegates traveling to the convention. Michelle Cerecerez, Chris Cruz-Boone, Charles Toombs and Jonathan Karpf.
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CFA@2016 SEIU Convention

CFA delegates attended the 2016 SEIU International Convention in May.

Telling the story in signs at San Francisco State.
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Students Day of Action: Stop Fee Hikes, Save Ethnic Studies
May 2, 2016

Students protested a proposal before the California State University Trustees to raise fees every year and attempts to pare back Ethnic Studies in the CSU. Marches and rallies were held at Cal State Los Angeles, San Francisco State, CSU Chico, CSU Stanslaus and Fresno State.

See a video clip from CFA President Jennifer Eagan’s talk at the rally at SF State.

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